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Fwd: [So-ac-sg-cleaders] ICANN Fellowship Program Community Consultation
by Heather Forrest March 9, 2018

March 9, 2018

Dear Council colleagues, I recall Michele Neylon making reference to the Fellowship review during our 3 days together. Please find here documentation about that process. Best wishes, Heather ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Olive <david.olive(a)icann.org> Date: Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 8:15 AM Subject: [So-ac-sg-cleaders] ICANN Fellowship Program Community Consultation To: "so-ac-sg-cleaders(a)icann.org" <so-ac-sg-cleaders(a)icann.org> Cc: Sally Costerton <sally.costerton(a)icann.org>, Ergys Ramaj < ergys.ramaj(a)icann.org> Dear Community Leaders: We’re launching a community-wide consultation on the Fellowship Program to help inform its future direction. The attached paper provides an overview of the program, including a breakdown of the data available on the Fellows, a questionnaire, and other details about the consultation process. We anticipate that there will be interest in further discussing this process and our team will be available to speak with community groups about the current Fellowship Program and the questionnaire at ICANN61 or remotely. Questions about the program and responses to the questionnaire should be sent to fellowshipconsultation(a)icann.org by 30 March 2018. Grateful if you could share this informationso that each community group is aware of and has the opportunity to participate in the consultation. Best, Ergys Ramaj Sr. Director, Public Responsibility Support, ICANN _______________________________________________ So-ac-sg-cleaders mailing list So-ac-sg-cleaders(a)icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/so-ac-sg-cleaders

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Reminder: Document and Motion deadline Sunday 4 March 2018 at 23:59 UTC for the GNSO Council Meeting 14 March at 13:00 local time
by Nathalie Peregrine March 1, 2018

March 1, 2018

Dear all, Reports, motions and documents for consideration are due no later than (NLT) 10 days in advance (i.e. Sunday 4 March 2018 at 23:59 UTC) of the GNSO Council Meeting on 14 March 2018 at 13:00 local time (17:00 UTC). Motions should be sent to the Council mailing list by a councilor and will then be posted on the Wiki at: https://community.icann.org/x/YgK8B Thank you very much. With kind regards, Nathalie Nathalie Peregrine Manager, Operations Support (GNSO) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: nathalie.peregrine(a)icann.org <nathalie.peregrine(a)icann.org%20> Skype: nathalie.peregrine.icann Find out more about the GNSO by taking our interactive courses<applewebdata://EB3A6F47-9760-400D-A39B-A7EFFC56B467/learn.icann.org/courses…> and visiting the GNSO Newcomer pages<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_gn…>

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Pre-ICANN61 Policy Open House: Thursday, 1 March 2018 at 10:00 and 19:00 UTC
by Nathalie Peregrine Feb. 28, 2018

Feb. 28, 2018

Dear All, The Policy Development Support Team is pleased to announce two sessions for an upcoming webinar: Pre-ICANN61 Policy Open House Thursday, 1 March 2018 10:00 and 19:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) The webinar will run in English and will be conducted in Adobe Connect along with a dial-in conference bridge for audio. Live interpretation in Spanish and French will be provided. Recordings of the sessions will be made available here[icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resource…>. In this interactive 60-minute open house, the focus will be an active question and answer session with the Policy Development Support Team. To ensure that your questions about policy activities are addressed during the session, the Policy Team invites you to submit your questions through the registration form[goo.gl]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__goo.gl_forms_dVbmhQOT8…> or email them to policyinfo(a)icann.org<mailto:policyinfo@icann.org>. To assist with your preparation for this webinar and for ICANN61, the "Pre-ICANN61 Policy Report[go.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__go.icann.org_pre61&d=Dw…>" and "Generic Names Supporting Organization Policy Briefing: ICANN61 Edition" will be published by Monday, 26 February 2018. Please be sure to download and review these materials beforehand for helpful background on policy activities and topics that the Policy Development Support Team will discuss during the open house, such as: 1. An overview of the cross-community discussions that will take place at ICANN61: * General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): WHOIS Compliance Models * A Walk in the Shoes of a New Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Registry Operator * Name Collisions * Open Data at ICANN 2. Policy development processes underway in the Country Code Names Supporting Organization(ccNSO), the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) and the Address Supporting Organization (ASO): * Retirement of Country Code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs) * Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs * Next-Generation Registration Directory Service to Replace WHOIS * International Governmental Organizations and International Non-Governmental Organizations Access to Curative Rights Dispute Resolution Mechanisms * Protections for Red Cross National Society Names in the Domain Name System * New gTLD Subsequent Procedures * Regional Internet Registry policy development activities 3. Advisory Committee activities within the At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC), Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) and Security & Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC): * Organizational Review of the At-Large community * At-Large Summit (ATLAS) III * GAC discussion on the .amazon Independent Review Process * GAC discussion on evolving relationships with ICANN Board and ICANN Org * RSSAC statement on entries in DNS Root Sources * RSSAC & SSAC Response to the GNSO's New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Working Group on Root Scaling * SSAC Response to the ICANN Internationalized Domain Name Guidelines Working Group * SSAC work concerning the use of emoji in domain names 4. Other topics of note: * Organizational Review of the ASO * ccNSO Rejection Action Procedure as a Decisional Participant in the ICANN Empowered Community * Impact of ICANN's Implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on ccTLDs The Policy Development Support Team looks forward to helping the ICANN community prepare for ICANN61! Kind Regards, ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Website: atlarge.icann.org[atlarge.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__atlarge.icann.org_&d=Dw…> Facebook: facebook.com/icannatlarge[facebook.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.facebook.com_icanna…> Twitter: @ICANNAtLarge[twitter.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.twitter.com_ICANNAt…> [ignature_1289092265]

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Draft minutes of the GNSO Council meeting Thursday 22 February 2018
by Nathalie Peregrine Feb. 28, 2018

Feb. 28, 2018

Dear Councilors, Attached, please find the draft minutes of the GNSO Council meeting on Thursday 22 February 2018 for your review. If there are no comments, these minutes will be published on the website as approved, according to the GNSO Rules of Procedure <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_counc…> section 3.5 "If no objections are received within 10 days, the minutes will be deemed to have been approved for posting" on 10 March 2018. Thank you very much. Kind regards, Nathalie Nathalie Peregrine Manager, Operations Support (GNSO) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: nathalie.peregrine(a)icann.org <nathalie.peregrine(a)icann.org%20> Skype: nathalie.peregrine.icann Find out more about the GNSO by taking our interactive courses<applewebdata://EB3A6F47-9760-400D-A39B-A7EFFC56B467/learn.icann.org/courses…> and visiting the GNSO Newcomer pages<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_gn…>

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Action Items: GNSO Council meeting 22 February 2018
by Nathalie Peregrine Feb. 28, 2018

Feb. 28, 2018

Dear Councilors, Please find the action items, as stated during the meeting, below arising from the GNSO Council meeting held on Thursday 22 February 2018. Please take note of the action items coming out of the Council sessions and the proposed timing for delivering on these actions. Please ensure your wiki logins are up to date as all Action Items have been assigned to councilors and/or staff and posted on the Action Item wiki page here[community.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_x_…>. If you are logged into the wiki when you go to that page, your name will be highlighted alongside the action item assigned to you. Please refer to this page for the recent status updates on the Action items. ACTION ITEMS FROM THE GNSO COUNCIL MEETING 22 FEBRUARY 2018 Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE – Adoption of the Charter related to the next steps for the ICANN Procedure of Handling WHOIS conflicts with Privacy Law Action Items: * ICANN Staff to circulate a call for volunteers on or after 1 June 2018 to the GNSO Stakeholder Groups, with the request for each Stakeholder Group to appoint up to 3 members to the Implementation Advisory Group (IAG). The call for volunteers should also be more widely circulated to seek volunteers to serve as participants and observers to the IAG. Item 5. COUNCIL VOTE – Replacement for GNSO member for the Second Security, Stability, and Resiliency of the DNS (SSR2) Review Team Action Items: * ICANN Staff to inform the staff supporting the Second Security, Stability, and Resiliency of the DNS Review Team (SSR2-RT) that the GNSO Council nominate Rao Naveed bin Rais to replace James Gannon on the SSRT-RT. * ICANN Staff to inform the selected applicant that he has been chosen and that the GNSO Council expects that the applicant will represent the views of the entire GNSO community in his work on the SSR2-RT and provide regular feedback as a group on the discussions taking place in the SSR2-RT, as well as the positions being taken by GNSO Review Team Members. * ICANN Staff to send a response to the applicant who was not selected, thanking him for his continued interest. The response should also encourage him to follow the SSR2-RT work, and participate in Public Comments and community discussions. * GNSO Council to be reminded that if it is in a position to nominate an additional candidate for the SSR2-RT in the future, the Council will consider Scott McCormick as a first choice for this position, following the SSC’s recommendation that he is also a strong and qualified candidate. Item 6: COUNCIL UPDATE – Updated Charter for the Cross Community Working Group on Internet Governance Action Items: * Council Leadership to ensure that the Cross Community Working Group on Internet Governance topic, and its proposed new structure, be added to the March 2018 Council meeting agenda as a discussion item. * Council Leadership to ensure that the Cross Community Working Group on Internet Governance topic, and its proposed new structure, be included in the list of topics to discuss with other SO/ACs during meetings at ICANN61, as appropriate. Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Update and discussion on the GNSO Standing Committee on Budget and Operations (SCBO) review of the Draft FY19 ICANN Operating Plan and Budget Action Items: * SCBO to liaise with New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP WG Co-Chairs to determine if and how concerns about the lack of FY19 budget allocation to the implementation of New gTLD Subsequent Procedures policy recommendations can be addressed in the Council’s public comment. Item 8: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Discussion of the Draft Post-Implementation Review Framework Action Items: * ICANN Staff to further develop the draft policy post-implementation review framework, including the development of a detailed process flow document. Item 9: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Planning for ICANN61 Action Items: * GNSO Council to continue discussion and seek volunteer to steward the informal council dinner scheduling. Item 10: COUNCIL DISCUSSION – Assignment of Council Liaisons Action Items: * ICANN Staff to post updated description of Council liaisons to the GNSO Procedures web page. * ICANN Staff to update Projects List to account for any new Council liaisons. * ICANN Staff to circulate call for volunteers for any liaison roles where the existing liaison wishes to step down (i.e., ccNSO, New gTLD Subsequent Procedures). Thank you, Kind regards, Nathalie -- Nathalie Peregrine Manager, Operations Support (GNSO) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: nathalie.peregrine(a)icann.org <nathalie.peregrine(a)icann.org%20> Skype: nathalie.peregrine.icann Find out more about the GNSO by taking our interactive courses<applewebdata://EB3A6F47-9760-400D-A39B-A7EFFC56B467/learn.icann.org/courses…> and visiting the GNSO Newcomer pages<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_gn…>

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ICANN61 GNSO Weekend session invitation and briefing paper
by Heather Forrest Feb. 27, 2018

Feb. 27, 2018

Dear GNSO PDP leadership teams, SG/C leaders and the GNSO community, ICANN61 is soon approaching, and the GNSO Council sees this meeting as a perfect opportunity to start a broader GNSO community discussion about the high volume of PDPs underway and how to optimise resources and improve effectiveness in this environment. Let's talk openly and critically about our PDPs and what changes can be made so that we're all working smarter, not harder or longer. At the first-ever GNSO Council Strategic Planning Session held 3 weeks ago, we saw the germination of some bold strategies for how to tackle the growing PDP workload and participant numbers. Marika and Emily (ICANN staff) fueled our discussion with their thought-provoking concept paper on "optimizing engagement" (attached). You'll find a summary of our discussions - at this stage just high-level ideas - in the report of our strategic planning session, a final version of which will be circulated this week. (In the meantime, you'll find the first draft posted on the Council list https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/council/2018-February/020925.html) One of the key action items to come out of the three-day strategic planning session was a decision to devote time in the ICANN61 Council schedule to broaden these strategic discussions to involve PDP leadership and the entire GNSO community. Individually and collectively, we have in a variety of ways and forums raised concerns about the benefit of improving efficiency and effectiveness in PDPs. There are certain PDP requirements that are set in stone, but at the same time, the PDP provides other areas of of flexibility in terms of the work can be carried out. Let's get together to discuss how we could better leverage the in-built flexibilities. We invite all PDP leadership team members, SG/C leaders and the wider GNSO community to join the Council on Sunday in San Juan for brainstorming possible ways and methods to make GNSO policy development more successful. We will devote the full morning of the GNSO weekend session (9am-12 noon local San Juan time) to this topic. Please participate and contribute your thoughts to help shape the future of PDPs. Attached to this message you'll find a briefing paper setting out specific thought-provoking questions to fuel the discussion. SG/C leaders, please circulate this invitation within your communities. Wishing everyone safe travels to San Juan, Heather Forrest, GNSO Council Chair Donna Austin, GNSO Council Vice Chair (CPH) Rafik Dammak, GNSO Council Vice Chair (NCPH)

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Draft of Public Comments - ICANN's Draft FY19 Budget and Ops Plan
by Ayden Férdeline Feb. 27, 2018

Feb. 27, 2018

Dear all, On behalf of the Standing Committee on ICANN Budget and Operations, please find attached the latest working draft of our comments on the FY19 Budget for your review. As mentioned on our Council call last Thursday, we are seeking to submit these comments on behalf of the Council on 8 March absent any objections from a member of the Council. Please can you review the attached file by close of business in your timezone this Friday, 2 March. We will then consider your comments on our call on Monday, 5 March and submit a revised version of this comment for your final review immediately after our call on Monday. Thank you very much. Best wishes, Ayden Férdeline [linkedin.com/in/ferdeline](http://www.linkedin.com/in/ferdeline)

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ICANN61: GNSO Sessions How to Get Organized and Remote Participation Details
by Nathalie Peregrine Feb. 27, 2018

Feb. 27, 2018

Dear all, The one-stop wiki page for all your Remote Participation queries is now available. This wiki page covers remote participation details for all GNSO open and public meetings. In addition to this, ICANN meetings’ team has put together a new ICANN meeting website which allows you to download all GNSO-related meetings to your inbox calendar in one go. 2 LINKS TO BOOKMARK NOW: ICANN61 Meeting Schedule[61.schedule.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__61.schedule.icann.org_…> GNSO Remote Participation wiki page[community.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_x_…> Step 1 – Create a profile and your personalized ICANN61 schedule Go to the Meeting Schedule webpage and create a profile and login. Every session on the schedule can be selected and added to your individual schedule by clicking the Add box to the bottom right of each meeting, this adds it to your individual schedule which you can then email to yourself or add to your calendar. See next step. Step 2 - There are two ways to import your schedule into Outlook: once you’ve added all your chosen meetings to “My Schedule” go to Export. 1. Importing creates a one-time snapshot of your schedule and copies it into Outlook. If you subsequently make changes to your Pathable calendar, they will not be reflected in Outlook. 2. Subscribing creates a live feed of your schedule in Outlook. Outlook checks for changes every few hours and updates your calendar appropriately. * For Outlook calendars: http://support.pathable.com/knowledgebase/articles/81449-moving-your-schedu…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__support.pathable.com_kn…> * For Google calendars: http://support.pathable.com/knowledgebase/articles/1313-moving-your-schedul…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__support.pathable.com_kn…> Step 3 All Adobe Connect rooms (which can be found on the session information on the Meeting Schedule<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__61.schedule.icann.org_…> and on the GNSO Remote Participation wiki page<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_x_…>) will provide audio streaming only Adobe Connect room microphones will not be enabled. If you cannot join an Adobe Connect room for a session, and will need to dial in with your phone, please refer to the GNSO Remote Participation wiki page<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_x_…> for the audio pass codes and dial in numbers. Please also follow the previous steps if you wish to take part in the session over the phone. Step 4 Please download the mobile app by searching for “ICANN61” in your app stores. Nathalie Peregrine and Julie Bisland will be onsite in San Juan to assist you directly. For all GNSO meeting related queries (RP or others), please email us at: gnso-secs(a)icann.org<applewebdata://FB60497E-61D8-4FE9-BF9C-EB238191E416/gnso-secs@icann.org> and we will be more than happy to assist! Kind regards, GNSO SO/AC Support team Nathalie Peregrine Manager, Operations Support (GNSO) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: nathalie.peregrine(a)icann.org <nathalie.peregrine(a)icann.org%20> Skype: nathalie.peregrine.icann Find out more about the GNSO by taking our interactive courses<applewebdata://EB3A6F47-9760-400D-A39B-A7EFFC56B467/learn.icann.org/courses…> and visiting the GNSO Newcomer pages<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_gn…>

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ICANN61 GNSO Policy Briefing Available for Download
by Ariel Liang Feb. 26, 2018

Feb. 26, 2018

Dear All, On behalf of the GNSO Team, I am happy to report that the GNSO Policy Briefing for ICANN61 is now available for download at http://go.icann.org/gnsobriefing If you prefer to download individual sections, you can do so by visiting this page<http://go.icann.org/policybriefing>. The policy briefing is intended to facilitate your preparation for ICANN61 – if you have any comments and/or suggestions on how we can further facilitate your preparation, let me know. Please feel free to share the link with your respective groups and anyone else that may be interested. If you have a twitter account, you may also retweet this post to help spread the word: https://twitter.com/ICANN_GNSO/status/968135591580794882. Happy reading! Best Regards, Ariel Ariel Xinyue Liang Policy Analyst | Washington, DC Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

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Fwd: [soac-chairs] [Ext] MSSI Support for SSR2-RT
by Heather Forrest Feb. 26, 2018

Feb. 26, 2018

Dear colleagues, Please see below the response from Theresa Swineheart to the SO/AC Chairs' request for additional support from ICANN org to SSR2-RT. Best wishes, Heather ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Theresa Swinehart <theresa.swinehart(a)icann.org> Date: Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 5:51 AM Subject: Re: [soac-chairs] [Ext] MSSI Support for SSR2-RT To: Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca> Cc: Goran Marby <goran.marby(a)icann.org>, Board SSR2 Caucus < board-caucus-ssr2(a)icann.org>, SOAC Chairs <soac-chairs(a)icann.org>, Khaled Koubaa <Khaled.koubaa(a)board.icann.org>, "Larisa B. Gurnick" < larisa.gurnick(a)icann.org> Dear Alan, Thank you for your letter regarding the SSR2 Review and your thoughtful suggestions for how we might enhance certain processes in support of that review. We recognize that review support is an important component of project management discipline. As part of our continuous effort to review and focus on project management enhancement, we have applied several improved practices to other reviews since the SSR2 review was paused. Such enhancements include among others: - Provision of templates for Terms of Reference <https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/64084100/RDS-WHOIS2%20-%20…> and Work Plan <https://community.icann.org/display/WHO/Work+Plan?preview=/64084086/7943566…> . - Improved note-taking process <https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/77529239/Plenary%20Call%20…>, whereby MSSI staff provide a recap of action items and decisions at the end of each call, to ensure consensus on items discussed. A short summary of each agenda item is also provided. - Recording of anticipated completion dates to support increased accountability for response to review team requests. MSSI staff work with the appropriate subject matter experts (SME) at the time of the request to provide an anticipated completion date, to be recorded on the Tracking Tool <https://community.icann.org/display/WHO/Tracking+Tool> along with dates of all related activity. This process supports increased accountability regarding ICANN org response times to review team requests and will contribute to more meaningful measurements of responsiveness. These enhancements are aligned also with the suggestions and we’ve received positive feedback from the review team experiencing these enhancements. We also understand the need for a better-defined escalation processes in the event of critical issues resulting from review team request. We would like to invite discussion with the review team and the community on this to gain further clarity on the proposal and determine how this could best be applied efficiently and consistently across all reviews. Once determined, these processes may also be captured in the operating standards. We plan to incorporate these and additional improved practices across all reviews to support effective and successful conduct of reviews in a systematized and predictable manner. We look forward to working with the SSR2 Review Team and the SO/AC Chairs in this next phase of the SSR2 review. Kind regards, Theresa *From: *Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca> *Date: *Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 20:08 *To: *Theresa Swinehart <theresa.swinehart(a)icann.org> *Cc: *Khaled Koubaa <Khaled.koubaa(a)board.icann.org>, SOAC Chairs < soac-chairs(a)icann.org>, Board-Caucus-SSR2 <board-caucus-ssr2(a)icann.org> *Subject: *[Ext] MSSI Support for SSR2-RT Dear Theresa, This letter is being sent on behalf of the SO/AC Chairs. Based on discussions with the SSR2 Review Team (RT) at ICANN60, a confidential survey conducted by the SO/AC Chairs of RT members, and one-on-one discussions between RT members and their respective SO/AC leaders, our understanding is that there are two areas where the RT believes that they could benefit from enhanced MSSI support. 1. *Better records of RT meetings, both face-to-face and teleconferences*. Currently MSSI support provides a record of decisions made by the RT and Action Items (for both RT members and MSSI staff). In addition to these current efforts, the Review Team requests that high-level notes of discussions be captured during the meetings, similar to the notes that are taken by staff for many CCWG meeting discussions as well as for GNSO PDPs, and comparable to the records of Board discussions that often form a part of Board minutes. The SO/AC Chairs consider that this request is reasonable. 2. *Improved response to RT requests*. RT members have expressed a concern that ICANN (via MSSI staff) has been slow in providing answers to questions and further information. Clearly this is a subjective issue, both in regard to how quickly responses should be provided and to what extent requests are reasonable and able to be addressed within the expected response time. Nevertheless, as it has been identified as a concern of RT members and is potentially hindering the RT?s effectiveness, we believe that this should be addressed. The SO/AC Chairs suggest the following: a) For all requests for information (which are already logged as MSSI Action Items), MSSI to the extent practical should estimate expected response time and track response time. b) When a response cannot meet expectations, the RT should be notified with an amended expectation and explanation for the extended time needed. c) If the RT or RT leadership believes that the response or response time in any given instance is unsatisfactory, this should be raised with MSSI staff. d) If the question cannot be responded to or requires clarification, or if ICANN org for some other reasons does not feel the request is appropriate, MSSI must flag this as a ?critical issue? to be addressed. Such ?critical issues? may also be raised by RT leadership, RT members, MSSI or other ICANN staff in the event of a disagreement on resources or information availability. To the extent possible, a rationale should be clearly expressed to enable the RT to understand the situation. e) Any such ?critical issue? should be explicitly noted as an Action Item. A small group consisting of the Board Liaison to the RT, one member of MSSI staff and one from the RT leadership (or one that the RT leadership appoints) will work to either ensure that adequate resources are made available or RT expectations are reset at a more appropriate level or whatever other action is appropriate to allow the issue be resolved. Immediately when a ?critical issue? is raised, the OEC and SO/AC Chairs should be notified, and both OEC and SO/AC Chairs should, if at least one of the three persons in the subgroup so requests, help by having a representative participate in the discussions. f) the process above should be considered for inclusion in the Operating Standards. We would appreciate your thoughts on these proposals. Sent on behalf of: Alan Greenberg, Chair, ALAC Paul Wilson, Chair, ASO Katrina Sataki, Chair, ccNSO Manal Ismail, Chair, GAC Heather Forrest, Chair, GNSO Tripti Sinha, Co-Chair, RSSAC Brad Verd, Co-Chair, RSSAC Rod Rasmussen, Chair, SSAC _______________________________________________ soac-chairs mailing list soac-chairs(a)icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/soac-chairs

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